By the time I could actually afford the game, it was already long since passed its prime.īy that point, I’d already become highly enthralled with other MMOs and never really looked back. I never had the opportunity to play Final Fantasy XI. Under no circumstance should you purchase a level boost and skip most the game – trust me, you won’t understand nor appreciate it and you’ll probably end up with a false interpretation of what the game is. Yes it has some flaws, especially when it comes to reaching later-game content and content-gating, but playing through the game is quite a journey. The game is beautiful, has an amazing narrative, is already partially through its third expansion, boasts over a million players, and has, albeit slow at times, but highly entertaining tab-target combat for people interested in this type of game. The game is still very beautiful, has lots of fun characters and side quests, and absolutely tons to do.īut anyone that has played any expansion will tell you that it is so contrastingly different to the base game that it’s almost like it’s a different game all together. Which let’s be honest here, from 1 through 40, maybe even 50, consists of very little skills.Īnd I know a game, especially an MMO shouldn’t require you reach level 50 to really begin to experience what it has to offer, to fully begin to enjoy the game but Final Fantasy XIV does.Īt least in terms of combat and story. standing around clicking your basic rotation. Not only that, but Square actually gutted most the classes, removing – like all devs do with every expansion, skills throughout the leveling process that made your class feel a little more interactive, and less.

The story, like most JRPGs takes a while to really get going, so I can understand where people might find fault when it comes to progressing through it. Not necessarily comparative to non-MMOs but when it comes to telling a single, non-convoluted story centering around one topic. Unfortunately I had to work on the channel so the rest of the time I was either recording and editing, or sleeping.īut even while sleeping I’d be thinking of Final Fantasy XIV.Īlthough some people might argue this point, to me, it is a narrative masterpiece in terms of MMO-storytelling. I spent from December 2018 until August 2019 playing 8 hours of Final Fantasy XIV probably 4, maybe 5 days a week.

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